Uchiha Chen was already very powerful.
Even without his Prosthetic Eye, he had awakened the Mangekyō and was one of the Shinobi World's top fighters.
If the Eye Power in his Prosthetic Eye was fully charged, he would be only slightly weaker than Uchiha Madara during the Battle of the Valley of the End—albeit the ten-minute version. With the Two Heroes of the Ninja World gone, he would unquestionably be the strongest in the Shinobi World.
But even the Two Heroes of the Ninja World were worlds apart from the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya.
Uchiha Chen felt his heart pounding with excitement.
"Next, the important things are growing saplings with Hashirama Cells, further improving the Chimera Technique so the 'grafting' is more perfect, and finding a place with abundant energy to plant the tree."
A thousand years ago, the God Tree had absorbed most of the Natural Energy in the Shinobi World as it grew.
Even if Uchiha Chen's "miniature Tree of Youth" absorbed only a fraction of that, it would still need to be planted at a ley-line node rich in Natural Energy, like one of the Three Great Sage Lands.
And at first, he definitely couldn't use Uchiha Chen's identity to seize one of these nodes and plant a tree. That would make him the enemy of the entire Shinobi World. He would need to put on another face.
Uchiha Chen pondered, his expression shifting between light and dark.
Orochimaru had been silent for a long time. Thinking Chen was weighing whether to kill him, he couldn't help feeling apprehensive. He ventured, "Lord Chen, actually, I know plenty of other techniques. If you're not satisfied with the Chimera Technique, I can use something else."
Chen's mind was already full of plans for what came next. He